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In fact, soldiers have a duty not to obey illegal orders, which is rather different from having an option not to obey them as stated here. In other words, the last sentence should read "...must not be obeyed."
– phoog
Commented Nov 13, 2020 at 20:38
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Most US military members wouldn't know an illegal/unconstitutional order if it hit them in the face. The number of them that have actually read the constitution is probably less than 1%. The good news is, whatever that number is, its probably an order of magnitude higher than the percentage of american citizens that have read that doc.
– john doe
Commented Nov 13, 2020 at 21:40
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@JamesK In common usage, both "Could care less" and "Couldn't care less" mean the same thing, at least in the US
– divibisan
Commented Nov 13, 2020 at 21:58
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I never knew that! That makes no sense to me...but I know language isn't logical. That is not just illogical it is "head over heels" counterfactual... Oh well. I'm pretty sure that in the UK it is always "couldn't care less"
– James K
Commented Nov 13, 2020 at 22:12
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Could he simply sack generals without replacing them, until he reached someone low enough down the command chain who would obey his orders?
– Statsanalyst
Commented Nov 13, 2020 at 22:57

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